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In the wake of heavy rainfall from Milton, the risk of considerable urban flooding will linger through this afternoon across east central Florida. Moderate to major river flooding is ongoing and forecast throughout central Florida."
Storm surge inundation will continue in these areas through this afternoon,
the NWS said in its most recent Hurricane Milton Discussion The storm was significant, but thankfully, this was not the worst-case scenario,
Counties or sheriffs or governments that make that decision not to evacuate incarcerated people when they're in directly in harm's way are on very thin legal ice,
As expected, the Manatee County Jail remained fully operational as Hurricane Milton passed through our area. We had no flooding or damage to the building,
Manatee County Sheriff's Office public information officer Randy Warren told Newsweek on Thursday morning So knowing full well this is a potentially deadly storm and recognizing that by evacuating everyone else, but making a decision to leave prisoners to fend for themselves in this catastrophic weather event, is quite probably a violation of the Eighth Amendment that prohibits cruel and unusual punishment,
Whether they're in jail and held pretrial and presumed innocent or people who have been convicted and sent to prison, they're all part of our community,
There were also no issues with our drinking water, or food supply. Services continue as normal,
Vibrio vulnificus is really a nasty one and if it's left untreated and goes systemic it can be fatal,
Rita Colwell, a distinguished professor at the University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies who has studied Vibrio for the last 50 years, previously told Newsweek Seek medical attention immediately if you experience symptoms associated with Vibrio vulnificus, especially after exposure to floodwaters,
the department said in a statement You've just taught me more than my teacher."
We had over 80,000 people that went into shelters overnight as the storm hit the state,
The wind was the scariest thing because the building sways and the windows rattle, even though they’re storm-proof windows,
said Sarasota resident Carrie Elizabeth, as she emerged to inspect the aftermath early Thursday I felt like our building was very secure. So it turned out to be fine, but it was very nerve wracking,
One of the challenges with tornadoes is you don't really get warnings,
I can't confirm that all of them (the four deaths) were from the Spanish Lakes neighborhood that was hardest hit,
We’ve got about 300 members of law enforcement and volunteers out there sifting through these residences on the rescue mission to see if we can get anybody else out of there,
All the projections coming in yesterday… we didn’t expect the tornado activity that we saw yesterday,
They didn’t stand a chance,
We have flooding in places and to levels that I’ve never seen, and I’ve lived in this community for my entire life,
he said on Thursday morning